Yeah, true. I've considered changing it, since "geek" is technically correct for most people. Though I have read otherwise:
Nerd: Has knowledge of obscure useful things (i.e. computers)
Geek: Has knowledge of obscure useless things (i.e. Star Trek ship design)
Dork: Just can't function in society and is completely retarded (e.g. Napoleon Dynamite)
That was a pretty comprehensive view, so I've decided to stick with it (though I couldn't find the web page now). What do you think? You think Geek and Nerd should switch places above, or is there some other way of looking at it? I've always wondered about this.
There was the old Geek code, which stated that geeks are just smart and not anywhere as bad as the horrible nerds, but it never specifically defined what a nerd was.
If this is an excuse to release crappier games, count me out. These things are expensive to make and I'd rather own 3 or 4 good games that have been invested in than 10 games that were just pounded out by some off-shore devs.
Yes, I'm sure some troll with mod points will kill my karma by me stating the obvious.
01 = Those that don't understand binary
10 = Those that do understand binary
Above values could be really be assigned to either 01 or 10, though.
Ideally, I'd say the truest way to do this (because I know I'll get called on it) would be:
00 = Those that don't understand binary
01 = Those that do understand binary
Because 0 generally refers to a false condition (in the second example)... when dealing in non-zero value assignments as in the first example, it's more or less an arbitrary programatical decision.
But I've got to say, I enjoy the t-shirt the way it is (and I happen to own it).
Anyone else ever think Google needs "a face"? Really, who the hell cares about this new client? There's no one specific person marketing it.
Irrespective of your opinions on Gates or Jobs (I certainly have mine), you have to admit it gives these kinds of releases a little flash. Imagine the iPhone without Jobs or Windows without Gates
Boy they got screwed when handing out the generational letters, didn't they?
That's got to be one of the crappiest generational names I've ever heard, I'll take my Gen X/Y over that any day -- even if it means I'm too old to build forts out of the extra sheets anymore.
It stands to reason that as computers became more powerful, the reliance on pre-rendered cut-scenes would diminish.
I respectfully disagree. No matter how powerful computing becomes it will always be more economical (from a computer resources perspective) to have a cut scene, rather than live play. Obviously, this is because the console can cache and optimize data when there are no variables in the environment (read: player in control)... this goes to the very heart of why cut scenes always look better than normal gameplay.
Will the gameplay of tomorrow look like the cut scenes today? Certainly, but the cutscenes of tomorrow will always be better than the normal gameplay.
Sorry folks, but Putin's supposed high popularity and his ability to raise the standard of living has everything to do with oil and his repatriation of natural resources back to the state economy (Google "Yukos"). He did this on the back of the hard capitalistic work performed after the Russian revolution in Yeltsin's era. Perhaps the Russians were not patient enough to wait for the changes to take hold
Any economy will see a dramatic, but fleeting, boost to their economy after nationalizing companies (esp when commodity prices have more than tripled). But these gains will slowly decline as the state has no ability to reinvest in its industry -- it's too busy placating the people. Eventually, this is a recipe for disaster (for a case study, look at Mexico's oil story -- Venezuela is now marching down the same path). This is basic economics.
In thinking of alternative futures, I could see a situation where things broke down again between East and West. But if that happened, this time, we'd have a strong India on our side, which would counterbalance a strong China.
Once you've bought the phone and used the service and now owe them money for that service, however, they're not free to refuse a cash payment.
If you're referring to the cell phone service provided by AT&T then they are, in fact, able to refuse cash for payment of cell phone service. You have signed a contract and they are providing a service. In many (all?) states, this would not be considered to be a "debt", and as such, can be considered to be a transaction, just like buying an iPhone.
No, I haven't tried running those diagnostics. memtest86 and CPU temperature diagnostic? I'll take a look for them. Thanks!
My theory was that perhaps they're doing some kind of low level hardware calls my system doesn't like.
Like actually using the CPU to its full capacity? I've read that some systems don't like that because they have poor cooling or defective parts. No, I actually thought they might be doing something screwy like bypassing the HAL to make their processing faster, or something really funky like that. But my theory is based on nothing but the fact that the folks at Stanford are probably pretty smart and are likely to try to grab as many cycles as they can, and making low-level calls would probably accomplish that. Your theory is probably the correct one -- especially since my laptop is fairly old (~2 years).
Has anyone else had systems issues with this? When I run the program, a number of times, my computer has frozen up and I had to do a hard reboot. I tried to ignore it but after a number of months of that garbage, I've uninstalled it.
My theory was that perhaps they're doing some kind of low level hardware calls my system doesn't like. Anybody else seen this on an HP laptop (or any other hardware)?
I recall a reporter visiting one of these "control rooms" where all the camera feeds are fed to. She recalls seeing a number of men/boys zooming in on cute girls to pass the otherwise boring time.
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Yeah, true. I've considered changing it, since "geek" is technically correct for most people. Though I have read otherwise:
Nerd: Has knowledge of obscure useful things (i.e. computers)
Geek: Has knowledge of obscure useless things (i.e. Star Trek ship design)
Dork: Just can't function in society and is completely retarded (e.g. Napoleon Dynamite)
That was a pretty comprehensive view, so I've decided to stick with it (though I couldn't find the web page now). What do you think? You think Geek and Nerd should switch places above, or is there some other way of looking at it? I've always wondered about this.
There was the old Geek code, which stated that geeks are just smart and not anywhere as bad as the horrible nerds, but it never specifically defined what a nerd was.
If this is an excuse to release crappier games, count me out. These things are expensive to make and I'd rather own 3 or 4 good games that have been invested in than 10 games that were just pounded out by some off-shore devs.
Yes, I'm sure some troll with mod points will kill my karma by me stating the obvious.
Sorry dude, your logic does not compute. There are only 10 types of people... those that understand binary and those that don't.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9/
01 = Those that don't understand binary
10 = Those that do understand binary
Above values could be really be assigned to either 01 or 10, though.
Ideally, I'd say the truest way to do this (because I know I'll get called on it) would be:
00 = Those that don't understand binary
01 = Those that do understand binary
Because 0 generally refers to a false condition (in the second example)... when dealing in non-zero value assignments as in the first example, it's more or less an arbitrary programatical decision.
But I've got to say, I enjoy the t-shirt the way it is (and I happen to own it).
So I guess we're not wired binary?
Anyone else ever think Google needs "a face"? Really, who the hell cares about this new client? There's no one specific person marketing it.
Irrespective of your opinions on Gates or Jobs (I certainly have mine), you have to admit it gives these kinds of releases a little flash. Imagine the iPhone without Jobs or Windows without Gates
Who is the face of Google?
Boy they got screwed when handing out the generational letters, didn't they?
That's got to be one of the crappiest generational names I've ever heard, I'll take my Gen X/Y over that any day -- even if it means I'm too old to build forts out of the extra sheets anymore.
I respectfully disagree. No matter how powerful computing becomes it will always be more economical (from a computer resources perspective) to have a cut scene, rather than live play. Obviously, this is because the console can cache and optimize data when there are no variables in the environment (read: player in control)... this goes to the very heart of why cut scenes always look better than normal gameplay.
Will the gameplay of tomorrow look like the cut scenes today? Certainly, but the cutscenes of tomorrow will always be better than the normal gameplay.
Sorry folks, but Putin's supposed high popularity and his ability to raise the standard of living has everything to do with oil and his repatriation of natural resources back to the state economy (Google "Yukos"). He did this on the back of the hard capitalistic work performed after the Russian revolution in Yeltsin's era. Perhaps the Russians were not patient enough to wait for the changes to take hold
Any economy will see a dramatic, but fleeting, boost to their economy after nationalizing companies (esp when commodity prices have more than tripled). But these gains will slowly decline as the state has no ability to reinvest in its industry -- it's too busy placating the people. Eventually, this is a recipe for disaster (for a case study, look at Mexico's oil story -- Venezuela is now marching down the same path). This is basic economics.
No one knows when, but problems are inevitable.
In thinking of alternative futures, I could see a situation where things broke down again between East and West. But if that happened, this time, we'd have a strong India on our side, which would counterbalance a strong China.
If you're referring to the cell phone service provided by AT&T then they are, in fact, able to refuse cash for payment of cell phone service. You have signed a contract and they are providing a service. In many (all?) states, this would not be considered to be a "debt", and as such, can be considered to be a transaction, just like buying an iPhone.
A commercial venture would never get off the ground. There is absolutely nothing that is economically viable for a commercial venture in space. The closest thing is perhaps mining, but the ROI on that is non-existent http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/17/space-investing-mining-cx_lh_0118space-mining.html
Damn, good point. Damn good point.
Uh... security anyone?
I just finished Heavenly sword. If they need to sell more PS3s, build a few more games like that, and you'll take over MS again in no time.
Good software... good hardware sales. Just got to figure out if you need to make the chicken or the egg first.
I believe being motivated enough to find a binary translator to decipher a series of binary numbers is, in fact the definition of a nerd :)
You get uber-nerd points if you didn't need a translator.
Yeah, I nearly didn't post w/o a reference, because it is right to question anything w/o proof, but I did and was too lazy to find evidence.
However, a quick google search brought up this story http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/01/who_watches_the.html and this isn't even the one I was thinking of.
I'm sure there are many instances of this kind of thing happening. Like you said, we are very predictable.
My theory was that perhaps they're doing some kind of low level hardware calls my system doesn't like. Like actually using the CPU to its full capacity? I've read that some systems don't like that because they have poor cooling or defective parts. No, I actually thought they might be doing something screwy like bypassing the HAL to make their processing faster, or something really funky like that. But my theory is based on nothing but the fact that the folks at Stanford are probably pretty smart and are likely to try to grab as many cycles as they can, and making low-level calls would probably accomplish that. Your theory is probably the correct one -- especially since my laptop is fairly old (~2 years).
Thanks again.
Has anyone else had systems issues with this? When I run the program, a number of times, my computer has frozen up and I had to do a hard reboot. I tried to ignore it but after a number of months of that garbage, I've uninstalled it.
My theory was that perhaps they're doing some kind of low level hardware calls my system doesn't like. Anybody else seen this on an HP laptop (or any other hardware)?
I recall a reporter visiting one of these "control rooms" where all the camera feeds are fed to. She recalls seeing a number of men/boys zooming in on cute girls to pass the otherwise boring time.
Not surprising... these things are pointless.
Then what are you? It's not like actual women are on slashdot.
Great post, AC!
Russia refers to their inanimate objects as masculine, the US feminine, and Germany as "it". It has always been such, for whatever reason.
Yeah, God knows we'll get an efficient, cost effective system with the government in charge...
It's called the USSR, and it didn't work.
Brilliant!
Holy crap, that is retarded. How about REALITY as a verification of science?
You probably want to check it one of these days...